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Sean Murray reflects on 10 years of No Man's Sky, its future, and why Hello Games' "redemption arc" narrative "isn't really the story" of the developer

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No Man's Sky
Genres · rpg
Release · Aug 9, 2016
Developer · Hello Games
PS4PCXbox OneXbox Series X|SPS5Nintendo Switch
392 articles 169 writers 21 reviews
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Hello Games
Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 2010–2020
Latest · The Last Campfire
Top genres · racing, adventure, fps
467 articles 183 writers 38 games
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